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dues accruing to tbe Uuited States connected therewith. And 

 in making said lease the Secretary of the Treasury shall have 

 due regard to the preservation of the seal-fur trade of said 

 islands, and the comfort, maintenance, and education of the 

 natives thereof. The said lessees shall furnish to the several 

 masters of vessels employed by them certified copies of the 

 lease held by them, respectively, which shall be presented to 

 the Government revenue- officer for the time being who may be 

 in cliarge at the said islands, as the authority of the party for 

 landing and taking skins. 



Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That at the expiration of 

 said term of twenty years, or on surrender or forfeiture of any 

 lease, other leases may be made in manner as aforesaid for 

 other terms of twenty years ; but no persons other than Ameri- 

 can citizens shall bo permitted, by lease or otherwise, to occupy 

 said islands, or either of them, for the purpose of taking the 

 skins of fur-seals therefrom, nor shall any foreign vessel be en- 

 gaged in taking such skins ; and the Secretary of the Treasury 

 shall vacate and declare any lease forfeited if the same be held 

 or operated for the use, benefit, or advantage, directly or indi- 

 rectly, of any person or persons other than American citizens. 

 Every lease shall contain a covenant on the part of the lessee 

 that he will not keep, sell, furnish, give, or dispose of any dis- 

 tilled spirits or spirituous liquors on either of said islands to 

 any of the patives thereof, such person not being a physician 

 and furnishing the same for use as medicine ; and any person 

 who shall kill any fur-seal on either of said islands, or in the 

 waters adjacent thereto, (excepting natives as provided b}' this 

 act,) without authority of the lessees thereof, and any person 

 ■who shall molest, disturb, or interfere with said lessees, or 

 either of them, or their agents or employes in the lawful i)rose- 

 cution of their business, under the provisions of this act, shall 

 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for each offense^ 

 on conviction thereof, be punished in the same way and by like 

 penalties as prescribed in the second section of this act ; and all 

 vessels, their tackle, apparel, appurtenances, and cargo, whose 

 crews shall be found engaged in any violation of either of the 

 provisions of this section, shall be forfeited to the United 

 States : and if any person or company, under any lease herein 

 authorized, shall knowingly kill, or permit to be killed, any 

 number of seals exceeding the number for each island in this 

 act prescribed, such person or company shall, in addition to 

 the penalties and forfeitures aforesaid, also forfeit the whole 



